Hardcore Architecture explores the relationship between the architecture of living spaces and the history of underground American hardcore bands in the 1980s. Hardcore Architecture uses Google Street View,...More »

This exhibition expands on the new book of the same name and examines the post-1968 squatting movement in Europe, focusing on creative production and cultural innovation.
In Making Room, “cultural production”...More »

On reasoning and rational thought, detection and dissembling, correspondence and opposition, and the role of the detective and his milieu.
Exhibition funded in part with support from the New York City...More »

We are Here is a collection of art works by a group of young artists who attend the Streetwork Project. Streetwork is a program of Safe Horizon’s youth division that provides crisis support and shelter...More »

Artist participants of vanished spaces on the Lower East Side represent the history and activity of the spaces and projects in which they were involved:
Gargoyle Mechanique
Gas Station
Generator
Nada...More »

Complementing the exhibition at James Fuentes Gallery of original work from the Real Estate Show of 1980, this show features new work on the theme of real estate, land-use, and the right to a safe home.
From...More »

"Toothsome" brings together artists that work with sugar, honey and candy. Rather than being turned off by the materials' inherent susceptibility to humidity, time, and vermin, the artists instead explore...More »

Curated by Mona Kamal
"Document" showcases four artists who utilize family photographs or film footage to push the notion of identity.
Exhibition funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts,...More »

ABC No Rio honors downtown artist Valerie Caris Blitz with an exhibition of her last works. Caris Blitz died at the age of 52 on July 28, 2009, after a long illness. She was well known for her performance...More »

With the economic downturn, there is less money available to almost everyone. How can artists survive, and find money for their work? Do we have a right to? What kinds of projects can emerge from this...More »

Taking place from May-October 2009, Hanging Out at No Rio is project that invites nine visual artists to explore the history of ABC No Rio and the multiple communities it serves. From August thru October...More »

"House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence" is a first step in a project to explore squatted social centers in Europe. The social center was a key feature of the Italian Autonomist movement of the...More »

Part of the WW$: MONEY MONEY MONEY!! exhibition, 'Settlement' is a board game in which players trade paper currency for the resources used to build a city. Combining elements from the game Monopoly, children's...More »

Part of the WW$: MONEY MONEY MONEY!! exhibition, 'Settlement' is a board game in which players trade paper currency for the resources used to build a city. Combining elements from the game Monopoly, children's...More »

Curated by Doris Cacoilo and Vandana Jain, "WW$" features works by ten artists who explore how money manages to affect every part of our lives– from our relationships with our families, to how we buy food,...More »

Common Spaces is a party and a open house.
Join in Celebrating Ten Years of ABC No Rio Facilities & Resources: Printshop — Darkroom — Zine Library — Computer Center
With Special Guests: Books Through...More »

(No) Vacancy explores ideas about nature and its capacity to provide for the mass-consumption and our cultural demands for speed. Through content or process, the artists will address social, political...More »